(Since you posted this in the basics forum, I'm just trying to rule out the possibility that you aren't clear on terminology. Some people say that they're doing a RAM preview when they're actually pressing the spacebar and doing a "standard preview".)

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
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